Kirche

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German word Kirche comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, and later Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ ((West Germanic) church.)

*ḱēw- (Proto-Indo-European)

κύριος (Ancient Greek)

κυριακόν (δόμα) (Byzantine Greek)

κυριακόν (δόμα) (Ancient Greek)

κυριακόν|κυριακὸν δῶμα (Koine Greek)

κυριακός (Ancient Greek)

κυριακόν (Byzantine Greek)

κυριακόν (Ancient Greek)

*kirikǭ (Proto-Germanic)

(West Germanic) church.

chirihha (Old High German)

Church.

kirche (Middle High German)

Kirche (German)

(obsolete) an assembly. Church (building). Church (organised religion, especially Catholicism).

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